One perspective on serving "...as an open door to others..."

Here's an interesting article in the NY Times that generated a lot of comment. One perspective on serving "...as an open door to others..." is this very experience of 'transcending ego', or at least softening it to some extent, via mindfulness meditation; and then, from that situation of centeredness, witnessing one's interaction with another…

http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/the-worst-buddhist-in-the-world/